US 5,332,129 AGranted

Soap dispenser assembly

AssigneeMoen Incorporated

InventorsMichael A. Brattoli, Roy W. Burns

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Abstract

A soap dispenser includes a pump assembly having an outwardly extending reciprocal plunger. A handle assembly is pivotally mounted to the pump assembly and includes an outwardly projecting operating handle. There is a discharge tube in the handle assembly which has an outlet adjacent the end of the handle. A connector is seated on the pump assembly and is attached to the handle assembly. The discharge tube which is attached to the connector, in cooperation with the connector and the pump assembly plunger, provides a soap passage, normally filled with soap, which extends between the pump assembly and the outlet. There is a check valve in the soap passage. Pivotal movement of the handle has the effect of moving the pump assembly plunger in an inward direction resulting in a measured amount of soap being moved through the soap passage and discharged from the outlet.

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Dependent claims

A soap dispenser including a pump assembly having a reciprocal plunger extending outwardly therefrom, a handle assembly having an outwardly projecting handle, handle assembly mounting means attached to said pump assembly, said handle assembly being pivotally mounted on said handle assembly mounting means, a discharge tube in said handle assembly having an outlet adjacent a distal end of said outwardly projecting handle, a connector seated on said pump assembly plunger and attached to said handle assembly,

said discharge tube being attached to said connector, said discharge tube, connector and plunger providing a soap passage, normally filled with soap, between said pump assembly and said outlet, a check valve in said soap passage,
downward pressure on the distal end of said handle causing pivotal movement of said handle assembly about the pivotal mounting on said handle assembly mounting means causing said connector to move said plunger inwardly of said pump assembly resulting in a measured amount of soap being moved through said passage and discharged from said outlet.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.